You they got me trapped in this prison of seclusion Happiness, on the streets is a delusion Even a smooth criminal one day must get Shot up or shot down with the that he bought Nine kickin' thinking about what the streets do to me
'Cause they never talk in the black community All we know is violence, do the job in Walk the city like a rat pack of tyrants Too many brothers heading for the big pen Niggas commin' out worse off then when went in Over the years I done a lot of up Gettin' drunk up up Then I I had enough There must be route, way out To and fame, I changed my name And played a game of being trapped in this vicious cycle If one cop harassed me I just might go psycho And I get 'em I'll hit 'em the bum rush Only a lunatic like to see his skull crushed Yo, if your smart you'll let me go 'G' But me cooped up in this ghetto and catch the Uzi got me trapped
(Uh uh, they keep the black man down) got me trapped (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) (Naw, can't keep the black man down)
They got me Can walk the city streets Without a cop me, searching me asking my identity Hands up, me up against the wall Didn't do a at all I'm tellin' you one day these gotta fall Cuffed up me on the concrete try to kill me But they didn't know this was the wrong bang, down another casualty But a cop who's shot there's brutality Who do you It's a because the mans slain He got caught in the of his own game How can I guilty after all the things they did to me me, hunted me Trapped in my own One day I'm bust Blow up on society Why did ya lie to me? I find a trace of equality Work me a slave while they laid back don't play that It's time I lett 'em suffer the I'm to avoid physical contact I hold back, it's time to attack jack got me trapped
(Uh uh, they can't the black man down) They got me (Naw, can't keep the black man down) (Uh uh, can't keep the black man down) (Naw, they can't keep the man down)
Now I'm trapped and want to find a All I need is a 'G' and safe to stay Can't use the 'Cause I'm sure is tappin' in Did it Ain't to use my gat again I back at hindsight the fight was irrelevant But now he's the devils Too late to be him He first and I'll be damned if I run away Homie is done away I of put my gun away I wasn't thinkin' all I was the ridicule was laughin', Tup sayin' "Damn homies is dissin' you" I fired my Started in the hurricane I got shot so I Feelin' a of pain Got to my see nothin' but bloody blood Now I'm a fugitive to be like a murderer Ran an alley Still lookin' for my Coppers Freeze, or you'll be dead today in a corner Dark and I see the light Thoughts in my mind was the nine and a life do I do? Live my in a prison cell I'd rather die then be trapped in a hell They got me
(Uh uh, they can't keep the man down) They got me (Naw, they can't keep the man down) (Uh uh, they keep the black man down) You know got me trapped (Naw, can't keep the black man down)